Loaches
Blue Loach
Yasuhikotakia modesta
Photo: Lerdsuwa · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature24–28 °C
- pH6–7.5
- Minimum tank300 l
- Adult size25 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 5 or more
- TemperamentSemi-aggressive
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Botiidae
- Origin
- Mekong and Chao Phraya River Basins
- Size
- 25 cm
- Temperature
- 24 – 28°C
- pH
- 6.0 – 7.5
- GH
- 3 – 12 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★☆☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- bottom
- Behavior
- semi-aggressive (may be aggressive toward slow-moving fish)
- Minimum number of individuals
- 5
- Minimum aquarium size
- 300 L
- Diet
- omnivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: Bluish-gray body with orange or red fins. It grows quite large and is lively.
